Pilbara Stink Bug
Cephaloplatus
FP-11674
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 11674
Cephaloplatus FP-11674 female, dorsal (HBI N26484-2; Pilbara, Western Australia)
Image: A. Greenhill (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5411Diagnosis
Cephaloplatus FP-11674 is very similar to C. clementi and may represent that species, but the anterior corners of the pronotum do not appear to reach as far forward as in that species.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1970): A revision of the Australian pentatomid bugs of the genus Cephaloplatus White (Hemiptera - Pentatomidae - Pentatominea). Records of the South Australian Museum. 16: 1 - 58